Back to real birds and other nature photos today.

We had a stroll around our local park this afternoon. We had hoped to see a tawny owl and a pair of owlets of which we had seen reports but, although everyone we met in the park had seen them, we were out of luck.



There were plenty of new arrivals such as ducklings, cygnets and goslings but they are all getting larger (or smaller in numbers where they have been predated!).



The best of the birds was a little egret which a few years ago would have been a real rarity.


Plenty of damselflies too and beautiful and banded demoiselles in abundance.











